Between 2010 and 2014, there was an average of about 400 suicides and 1,000 cases of attempted suicide each year. These statistics were revealed by Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin in response to a series of written questions tabled by Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Gerald Giam.
Date Posted: September 23, 2015
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Tired parents are often told that night waking is part of toddlerhood, and that it will soon pass on its own, but this is not the case for everyone. Recent studies show that serious sleep disorders in young children can have long-term consequences.
Sep 18
Categories: Child Development, Developmental Disorders (Autism, Aspergers, etc.), ...
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The World Health Organization (2012) states that a key barrier to increasing mental health services is a lack of public health leadership.
Sep 16
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Experts have expressed concern about the severe shortage of mental health professionals in Hong Kong public hospitals after a mother suffering from depression jumped to her death with her 10-year-old son yesterday.
Sep 15
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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"I really did not feel like I fitted the box." New research indicates the need for postnatal support that encompasses all mental health issues, not only postnatal depression.
Sep 11
Categories: Complex PTSD, Mental Health in Asia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ...
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The effects of parenthood on mental health are complex, but a new study published in Health Sociology Review reveals a different angle to the relationship: how a person's mental health at 16 influences whether or not he or she becomes a parent, as ...
Sep 10
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Oppositional & Defiant Behavior in ...
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So your young children won't eat Brussels sprouts, broccoli or beans? Maybe it's just a phase, and they'll grow out of it. Maybe they're tired of you bossing them around and this is one place where they can push back. Maybe, many parents say, you ...
Aug 5
Categories: Anxiety, Child Development, Depression, Eating Disorders, Mental ...
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Although it is found that stigma of mental illness seems to be less evident in Asian and African countries, it does not mean it does not exists. A book that tackle this worldwide issue is now being released.
Jul 21
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Mental Health Professions
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Family doctors should be enlisted to help diagnose people in the early stages of mental distress, so symptoms can be addressed before the need for a consultation with a psychiatrist. This will give them a better chance of recovery, Hong Kong experts ...
Jun 27
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
GOIn "Insanity", a schizophrenic man convicted of involuntary manslaughter is released by his doctor from a psychiatric ...
Mar 31
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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According to the perspectives of the mental health professionals, implications of stigma include patients being trapped in a vicious cycle of discrimination leading to detrimental consequences for the individual, their families, communities and ...
Mar 12
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
GOA short film depicting two parents’ coming to terms with their son’s homosexuality has gone viral in China, garnering ...
Feb 25
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Mental ...
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Nearly 60,000 people with a severe mental illness will share an extra $1.3 billion in funding - the single biggest boost under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Feb 16
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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SINGAPORE - About 57 per cent of children from lower Primary lack enough sleep, according to a survey conducted by students from Nanyang Technological University.
Feb 5
Categories: Child Development, Mental Health in Asia
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People in Cambodia experience what we Americans call depression. But there's no direct translation for the word "depression" in the Cambodian Khmer language. Instead, people may say thelea tdeuk ceut, which literally means "the water in my heart has ...
Feb 3
Categories: Depression, Mental Health in Asia
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The battle against teenage suicide has entered the digital age as a Hong Kong company is developing a game app to identify at-risk teenagers.
Mark Altosaar, who has a background in education technology, and Jamie Chiu, a doctoral candidate in ...
Feb 2
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Suicide Prevention, Teenage Issues
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